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'Lesers Patmlvo. 74,127, dated February 4, 1 868.

IMPROVEMENT nv STATION-inmunes;

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TO ALL WHOM MAY CONGERN:

Bc it known that we, ANTHONN PIRZ and MANUEL PIRZ, of East New York, inthe county of 'Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Street and Station-Indicator-for Railroad-Cars; and we do hereby aeelare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof; which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had' to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. l

This invention relates to a new and improved street and station-indicator for railroad-cars, andY of that class,` in which the namesof the streets or stations are on a belt or ,'band, which is moved at certain `proper intervals, after each street or station is passed, in order to exhibit to the passengers the name of the siic'c'neding'street,or station. Hitherto these belts` have been moved by hand' orlby some mechanism connected with the aisle of the car, the latter means being expensive and liable to get out` of repair, while the former requires toomuchattention' and time on the part of the driver, conductor. or other employee on the car to admit of being" generally adopted. V ur' invention consists inthe application of a clock-nrovement to the drums onrwhich the'belt: is wound and unwound, and also in, the application, of a stop and brakes, all arranged as hereinafter fully shownand described, so that by a very simplemanipulation on' the part ofthe driver, conductor, or otherlemployee nthe can-after i a street or station is passed, the clock-movement, under the niinence of lits motor, which may beeithcra spring i or weight, is made t move the belt, se that the- ,latter will exhibit the name of the succeeding street or station. The belt-actuating mechanism is arranged in 'such a manner that by a very simpleadjustmentthe belt may be moved in either direction,l ar expedient which is necessary, inrorder that' the device mayopei'atewhen the car ismoving in either direction 'on the line of its route. In the accompanying sheet ofdrawings' Figure 1 is a plan or top vview rof my invention. Figure 2, a frontview of the same'. v f Y i Figure 3, a section of a portion of thesalme, taken in the line :c fig, 1.' i Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i v v represents a platform, on which ara secured two vertical fixed arb'ors', B 13,! on which drums C C are placed, one on each, and allowed to turn freely. To thebottom or underside of ,each drnm there is attached a wheel, D, into which wheels E E gear, the axes of the `latter being'in the platform'.'4 F representsa belt,

the ends of which are attached tothe drums/C C', so Vas to wind upon andiunwind-therefrornin thesame'direc-A 4 tion, as shown clearly in tig.4 1. This belt F also passesfaround'two drums, G Gffplacedfonenear each Vend of the platform, so as to canse a portion of th'ebelt to be parallel with the-front edge of the'platfor'm, as shown clearly in iig. 1, the drums Gr G being placedloosely `on'upright arbore H H, attached tothe platform. I rep# resents a'cloclc-nxovement, which is attached tothe under side of the platform A., and has the arbor, a, f one of its wheels extending up through the platform A, and through ametal plateJ, placed thereon, a' toothed wheel, K, being placed on the arbor a above the plate J'. This plato J has a toothed wheel,'-L, at one endet*r it, into whichthe wheel K 'gearsn and 'said` plate is allowed to turn freelycn the arbore, so that thewheel- L may be adjusted in gear with either 'of the wheels D `ofthe drums C' C', asv desired, the plate J being retained in positiontoihold the wheelL in gear-with either wheel D, by means of a set-screw, 6,- shown-clearly p in Iig. 1A.' The drum G has a pinion, M, attached to its bottom @nits lower endfand into this pinion aiwheel, N', i gears, on the axis c ot' which, below the wheel N, there ist a circular disk, O, having anotch, d, made in its edge, as'shown in fig. 1. Pis a sliding rod, tttedin' suitable lguides, e,- onfthel platform A,'and connected at 'each end ato arms Q Q, which are pivoted at one end to .the platform-A. Said-arms have each a spring, f, bearing against them, by which one end of the rod P is made tobear'against or'kept in contact with the periphery of the diskt Q. The free or disengaged ends of `the'arms Qhave each a plate, g, inserted'fin it, and these plates at certain times are, by the movement of the arms Q, thrown in contact with lower. angemh, or the' drums C C', and i pressed against them by the springsf, so as to servo as brakes for said drums# AOnthe rod I. there is fitted and secured an arm, z', which bears-against 'a button,`j,on the platform A.. `0n`the upper'partstofA the arbors B B of the drums C G,'there aresvpiral springs, RR, the lower ends of which bear upon the upper 'snrfacesof s aid `drums, and the upper ends against nuts, 7c, on the arbors. The tension or strength bi' these springs may be regulated as desired, by screwing these nuts up or down on thelarbors B B. A

The operatic-r. is follows: Suppose the wheel L of plate J to be in gear with thevwheel E, which gears into the wheel l) of druug C', andthe end of the rod P, out of they notch h of the disk O. .In this case the drum C will be rotated through the medium of the clock-gearing, and its motor in the direction indicated by arrow l, andthe belt F will be wo'und upon the -drurn C', and unwoundffrom the drum C, and the movement oi` the belt F will continue during one revolution ofthe disk,0, until the notch d of said disk comes in line with Ithe rod P, when the springs fwill throw tbe end di' said rod in the notch d of O, which at-once stops the belt, i

the plates g ofthe nruis Q, at the same time coming in contact with the lower anges, 7i, of the drums C Gf, serving as brakes for the same,ancl preventing any movement ofthe drums after the belt is stopped, so that .the latter will always berliept in a taut state. The belt F has the names of the 'diierent streets and stations-painted or otherwise marked upon it, consecutively, as the streets or -stations areA passed by the car on the line of its route, and the belt is moved, each time it is liberated, a sufficient distance to bringth'e name of the street or station between the drums Gr Gr,.where it is fully exposed to the view of all the passengers in the car. All the manipulation required in order to cause the belt F to be moved, is, to actuate the buttonjso as to throw the end ofthe rod P out from the notch cZ ot' the diskl O. This may be done by the conductor, driver, or other employee on the. car, o'r it may be done automatically'by studs or projections, Z, on a belt, S, which passes over a pulley, T, just below the belt F, and over a pulley on'one of the axles of the ear,'the studs or projections Z being placed at such distances apart on the belt as to liberate the latter after the car passes each 'street or station. Other means, however, may be employed-for automatically liberating the belt. In order to reverse the motion of' the b'eltF, as is necessaryin order that lthe streets and stations may be indicated when the car is travelling in either direction, the plated is adjusted so that the wheel L will gear into the wheel E, which is connected with the vwheel D of the drum en whieh the belt is to be wound, which in this instance would be' drum C.

We do not claim broadly a belt with the names of tbefvstreets andstationsform a street or station-indicator for a railroad-car, for such device is old; but

We do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl A 1. The application of a clock'mechanism, with a spring or weights as a motor, applied to the belt ofa street or station-indicator for railroad-cnrs, in such a manner as-to nieve the beltwhen the same is liberated, substantially as shown and described. l

2. We also claim the adjustablel plate J, with the gearing K-'Invin combination with the gearing E D and ofthe belt F, When'neceSsary, as set fort l 3. We also claim the rod P, with the notched disk O, in combination with the belt F, gearing M N, and

the druuis C C', all arranged substantially as shown and described, `for thelpurposeiof reversing the movement the drums C C', G Gf, all arranged'to operate substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

4. We further` claim the brake-arms Q Q, attached to' the-slide-red P, and arranged in such relation with the drums C C', to operate in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

p The above specification of our invention signed by us, this day of 1867.

' I '.ANT. Haz,

MANUEL PIRZ. Witnesses:

H. AHI?. RAeLEn, FREDK BOND.

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